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rulatis, subcoriaceis, supra profunde viridibus, nitentibus, obsolete granulatis, 
nervis tenuibus immersis, subtus pallidioribus, brunnescentibus, nervis arcuatis cos- 
taque prominulis, venis transversis vix distinctis, valde opacis, sub lente punctulis 
crystallinis minutissimis creberrime granulosis; petiolo valido, canaliculato, trans- 
versim corrugato, limbo 9-10-plo breviore: paniculis axillaribus, folio 5-plo breviori- 
bus, repetitim dichotome multiramosis, ramulis brevibus, late divaricatis, bibrac- 
teolatis, ultimis approximatis agglomeratifloris, cymam subrotundam late diffusam 
efformantibus, ramulis angulatis, glabris, subfuscis, subverruculosis; bracteolis parvis, 
acutis, denticulatis; floribus innumerosis, minimis, fuscis, glabris; sepalis rotun- 
datis, fuscis, crassis, margine erosulo-denticulatis ; petalis duplo longioribus, ovatis, 
fuscis, carnosulis, eroso-denticulatis; disco, staminibus ovarioque ut in preeceden- 
tibus. In Brasilia septentrionali: v.s. in herb. meo et alior. ad Rio Casiquiare 
(Spruce 3168). 
This is a very distinct species, having the habit and general appearance of Tontelea 
attenuata. The axils of its branches are 3-1} in. apart; the leaves are 444 in. long, 
1$—2 in. broad, on a petiole 5-6 lines long. The opposite corymbose panicles are 1 in. 
long, and equally broad, spreading in an orbicular form, upon a peduncle 3 lines long ; 
the primary branches, lj line long, are successively again divided into very short 
spreading branchlets, diminishing till they are less than a line in length, finally bearing 
a erowded head of very small flowers. When the petals, by force, are expanded, the 
flower measures # line in diameter, the petals being little more than a quarter of a line 
in length; these are said to be yellow and odoriferous. 
4. KIPPISTIA SERRATA, nob.: Salacia serrata, Camb. Fl. Bras. Mer. ii. 109: scandens, 
ramulis teretibus, griseis, glabris: foliis ellipticis, utrinque gradatim angustioribus, 
apice longe acuminatis, argute serratis, coriaceis, supra pruinosis, subtus costa ner- 
visque prominulis; petiolo canaliculato, semitereti, limbo 12-plo breviore : paniculis 
axillaribus, brevissime pedunculatis, valde ramosis, ramis brevibus, angulosis, prui- 
nosis; bracteolis parvis, acute ovatis, denticulatis; sepalis subpuberulis, margine 
ciliolatis; petalis triplo longioribus, obtuse ovatis, crassis, luteis, tenuissime cilio- 
latis; filamentis brevissimis, e pocillis (labiis sacciformibus) disci ortis, et ibi in- 
sertis; ovario staminibus æquilongo, stigmatibus 3 lineiformibus sessilibus superato ; 
loculis biovulatis. In Brasilia, prov. Minas ro prope San Miguel do Mato 
dentro (St.-Hilaire) : non vidi. 
From Cambessède’s description, this species evidently belongs to this genus, and is 
very near the three preceding ones. The leaves are 3-4 in. long, 13-2 in. broad, on a 
petiole 3-4 lines long; the panicles are 1 in. long, and equally broad. 
16. CHEILOCLINIUM. 
This genus is founded upon a plant from the region of the Amazonas, which offers 
much analogy to Kippistia in the singular form of its disk, the mode of insertion of the 
stamens, and in the anomalous position of the stigmata; but it differs in the relative 
